Very good fighters who don't like boxing?

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  1. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Andrade is one...not only is he not a boxing fan and never willingly watches any fights, but he doesn't even like boxing/fighting. He only does it because he's good at it, he says. He hates sparring and considers it a waste of time, for example. He says: either I fight and give my all, or I mess about, and messing about seems pointless...:lol: Andrade only has one gear - full out!;)

    When asked what he wanted to do if he could do anything, he said he wanted to be a poet. He loves Pablo Neruda, for example. He regrets the fact he wasn't disciplined enough at school to give himself a chance to be a poet.

    Andrade...the reluctant warrior would-be poet.

    http://www2.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/archives/2009/03/20090313-085000.html

    Anyone else?
     
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  2. BremnerBomber

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    Chris Eubank..... Never cared that much for boxing, to him it was a way to make money.... Don't get me wrong he was very thankful for his fans and what boxing gave him.... he just didn't like the sport and all the ppl in it promoters etc...
     
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  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Good call.:good How could I have forgotten about him?:patsch
     
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  4. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Jermaine Taylor is known for not watching any fights and hardly knows anyone in his division
     
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  5. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    There must be loads of names out there...very poor boys, from very poor countries, who only took up fighting because it was a means to enter some kind of government sports programme which would ensure their survival, or who turned towards fighting to make a little bit of money, when nothing else was available...but I guess, few of them talk about it...

    Miranda? Does he actually like boxing??:think
     
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  6. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :lol::yep
     
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  7. Tom_Tocca

    Tom_Tocca The Provider Full Member

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    Khoren Gevor - says, it's just about the money in a sport, he's good at.

    Loves modelmaking...
     
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  8. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    :lol: He say's he didn't know the other people who held the IBF & WBA titles after he was stripped of them. I think i even remember hearing he prefered watching soap operas to watching boxing :rofl
     
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  9. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :think

    Sturm seems the kind of guy who's only after the money. Maybe a few of the former top amateurs from Eastern Europe too...
     
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  10. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :patsch
     
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  11. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I heard Malignaggi say recently he just boxes for the money.
     
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  12. SeanDoc

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    Sugar Ray Robinson
     
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  13. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Valuev is turning to acting now:

    Valuev's first role in a movie was a cameo appearance in the German film 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug in 2006.
    In 2008 Valuev played the main role in the film Stonehead by Philip Yankovskiy, playing an ex-boxer who lost his memory.That film took the main prize at the movie festival "Window to Europe".
    After the success of Stonehead, it was announced Valuev is being filmed in two new films at the same time.
     
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  14. fabo1988

    fabo1988 Active Member Full Member

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    kermit cintron looks like he doesnt like fighting...judging from his behaviour at the martinez fight i think he wants to be a backing dancer for britney spears
     
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  15. Tom_Tocca

    Tom_Tocca The Provider Full Member

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    Sturm actually is a boxing freak - he said sometime ago that he has a big DVD libary of current and classic fights and he likes to talk alot about different styles and boxing history...
     
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